Episodes 8

1 Showing the Flag

January 2, 1975

30m

The Sergeant Major tries to train the concert party to lower the flag at sunset.

2 Down in the Jungle

January 9, 1975

30m

The concert party's plane makes a crash landing, and the men realise they could be behind enemy lines.

3 The Natives are Revolting

January 16, 1975

30m

The Sergeant Major is determined to find out who replaced the camp's Union Jack with an Indian flag.

4 Cabaret Time

January 23, 1975

30m

A performance in the Kama Sutra Club gets the concert party and the Battery Sergeant Major into trouble.

5 The Curse of the Sadhu

January 30, 1975

30m

Sergeant Williams tempts the wrath of the gods by ejecting a revered holy man from the parade ground.

6 Forbidden Fruits

February 6, 1975

30m

When the army runs out of "that stuff they put in our tea" the men cannot stop thinking about women. Colonel Reynolds tries to see Mrs Waddilove-Evans when her husband is not home.

7 Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?

February 13, 1975

30m

A snake-charmer's cobra goes missing and is found in the Sergeant Major's quarters.

8 The Night of the Thugs

February 20, 1975

30m

The concert party take refuge from a rainstorm in a ruined temple and fall victim to a fanatical native sect.

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